"Pete Hegseth's office is located on the third floor of the Pentagon, in the E ring, room 3E880, facing the Potomac River with a scenic view of the monuments and the Capitol. He posted a video on 5 September showing a new bronze plaque being affixed to his door reading: Pete Hegseth Secretary of War. His splendid new designation, not established by the Congress as required by law, was purely notional and performative,"
"announced by Donald Trump in an executive order that carried no legal weight, but befitted Hegseth's self-conceit as warrior-in-chief. He now had the title to go with the tattoos: the crusader cross; Deus vult, or God wills it, the crusader battle cry; the sniper rifle against the background of an American flag; and the cross and sword inspired by Matthew 10:34: Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword."
"Three days earlier, on 2 September, he was reported to have given a verbal order for a drone strike against two unidentified men desperately hanging on to the smoking pieces of their shattered boat in the Caribbean after nine members of their crew had already been blasted. Kill everybody, was the order, according to the Washington Post on 28 November. It was the first of 21 strikes that the Pentagon states have so far killed 82 people who are said to have been narco-terrorists,"
Pete Hegseth occupies an office on the third floor of the Pentagon, E ring room 3E880, overlooking the Potomac and monuments. He posted a video showing a bronze plaque on his door reading Pete Hegseth Secretary of War after an executive order by Donald Trump; the title was not established by Congress and carried no legal weight. He displays tattoos with crusader imagery and a Matthew 10:34 inscription. He reportedly gave a verbal order for a drone strike in the Caribbean, allegedly saying "Kill everybody." The Pentagon attributes 21 strikes to operations that have killed 82 people identified as narco-terrorists. Hegseth denied knowledge of a second strike and withheld information while accounts shifted and officials exchanged accusations.
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